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Presentation on the topic: Charles Perrault - nobleman, writer, storyteller

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The life of the famous storyteller Charles Perrault was born in 1628. The boy's family was concerned about the education of their children, and at the age of eight, Charles was sent to college. As historian Philippe Aries notes, school biography Perrault is a biography of a typical excellent student. During the training, neither he nor his brothers were ever beaten with rods - an exceptional case at that time. After college, Charles took private law lessons for three years and eventually received a law degree. At twenty-three, he returns to Paris and begins his career as a lawyer. Literary activity Perrault falls at a time when high society there is a fashion for fairy tales. Reading and listening to fairy tales is becoming one of the common hobbies secular society comparable only to the reading of detective stories by our contemporaries. Some choose to listen philosophical tales, others pay tribute to the old tales, which have come down in the retelling of grandmothers and nannies. Writers, trying to satisfy these requests, write down fairy tales, processing the plots familiar to them from childhood, and the oral fairy tale tradition gradually begins to turn into a written one. However, Perrault did not dare to publish the tales under his own name, and the book he published contained the name of his eighteen-year-old son, P. Darmancourt. He was afraid that with all the love for "fabulous" entertainment, writing fairy tales would be perceived as a frivolous occupation, casting a shadow on the authority of a serious writer with its frivolity.

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Perrault's fairy tales are based on well-known folklore plots, which he outlined with his usual talent and humor, omitting some details and adding new ones, "ennobling" the language. Most of all, these fairy tales were suitable for children. And it is Perrault that can be considered the founder of children's world literature and literary pedagogy.

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Creativity Charles Perrault wrote poetry: odes, poems, very numerous, solemn and long. Now few people remember them. But later he became especially famous as the head of the "new" party during the sensational dispute of the "ancient" and "new" in its time. The essence of this dispute was this. In the 17th century, the opinion still reigned that the ancient writers, poets and scientists created the most perfect, most the best works. The "new", that is, Perrault's contemporaries, can only imitate the ancients, all the same they are not able to create anything better. The main thing for a poet, playwright, scientist is the desire to be like the ancients. Perrault's main opponent, the poet Nicolas Boileau, even wrote a treatise " poetic art", in which he established "laws" on how to write each work, so that everything was exactly like the ancient writers. It was against this that the desperate debater Charles Perrault began to object.

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To prove that his contemporaries are no worse, Perrault released a huge volume " Famous people France XVII centuries", here he collected more than a hundred biographies of famous scientists, poets, historians, surgeons, artists. He wanted people not to sigh - oh, the golden times of antiquity had passed - but on the contrary, be proud of their century, their contemporaries. Perrault in history only as the head of the "new" party, but ... But then the year 1696 came, and the tale "Sleeping Beauty" appeared without a signature in the magazine "Gallant Mercury". And the next year in Paris and at the same time in The Hague, the capital of Holland , the book "Tales of Mother Goose" was published. The book was small, with simple pictures. And suddenly - incredible success! Charles Perrault, of course, did not invent fairy tales himself, he remembered some from childhood, others he learned during his life, because when he sat down for fairy tales, he was already 65 years old. But he not only wrote them down, but he himself turned out to be an excellent storyteller. Like a real storyteller, he made them terribly modern. If you want to know what fashion was in 1697, read Cinderella: the sisters, going to the ball, dress in the latest fashion. And the palace where Sleeping Beauty fell asleep. - according to the description exactly Versailles! The language is the same - all people in fairy tales speak the way they would speak in life: the woodcutter and his wife, the parents of the Boy with a finger speak as simple people, and princesses, as befits princesses. Remember, Sleeping Beauty exclaims when she sees the prince who woke her up: "Oh, it's you, prince? You kept yourself waiting!"

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In Russian, Perrault's fairy tales were first published in Moscow in 1768 under the title "Tales of Sorceresses with Morals", and they were titled like this: "The Tale of a Girl with a Little Red Riding Hood", "The Tale of a Man with a Blue Beard", "Fairy Tale about the father cat in spurs and boots", "The Tale of the Beauty Sleeping in the Forest" and so on. Then new translations appeared, they came out in 1805 and 1825. Soon Russian children, as well as their peers in others. countries, learned about the adventures of the Boy with a finger, Cinderella and Puss in Boots. And now there is no person in our country who would not have heard of Little Red Riding Hood or Sleeping Beauty.

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Author of the first children's book Do you know who wrote the very first children's book? Famous writer and storyteller Charles Perrault. Yes, yes! After all, before him, no one had ever written specifically for children! It all started in 1696, when the tale “Sleeping Beauty” appeared in the magazine “Gallant Mercury”. Readers liked it so much that the following year its author decided to write a whole book called “Tales of my mother Goose, or Stories and tales of bygone times with teachings.” This author was Charles Perrault. He was then 68 years old. He was famous writer, academician and member of the French Academy, and also a royal official. Therefore, beingware of ridicule, Charles Perrault did not dare to put his name on the collection, and the book was published under the name of his son Pierre. But it so happened that it was this book, to which the author was embarrassed to give his name, and brought him worldwide fame.

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Tales of Charles Perrault Perrault's great merit is that he chose several stories from the mass of folk tales and fixed their plot, which has not yet become final. He gave them a tone, a climate, a style characteristic of the 17th century, and yet very personal. Among the storytellers who "legalized" the fairy tale in serious literature, the very first and honorable place is given to French writer Charles Perrault. Few of our contemporaries know that Perrault was a venerable poet of his time, an academician of the French Academy, the author of famous scientific papers. But world-wide fame and recognition from his descendants were brought to him not by his thick, serious books, but by beautiful fairy tales.

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Notable works 1. The Walls of Troy, or the Origin of Burlesque" 1653 parodic poem - the first work2. "The Age of Louis the Great", 1687 poem3. “Tales of my mother Goose, or Stories and tales of bygone times with teachings” 1697 4. “Sorceresses” 5. “Cinderella” 6. “Puss in Boots”7. "Red Riding Hood" - folk tale 8. "Thumb boy" - folk tale9. "Donkey skin" 10. "Sleeping Beauty" 11. "Riquet-tuft" 12. " Blue Beard».

Charles Perrault (1628-1703) — French poet and critic of the Classical era, member of the Académie française. He gained worldwide popularity thanks to the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty" and the book "Tales of Mother Goose, or Stories and Tales of Old Times with Teachings".

The fairy tales of Charles Perrault must be read for their special liveliness, cheerful instructiveness and the finest irony, sustained in an elegant style. They have not lost their relevance even in our days of various information technologies, probably because life itself was a source of inspiration for the author.

Perrault's tales can be read to understand the laws of life. The heroes of his works are aristocratically gallant and practical intelligent, spiritual and highly moral. It doesn't matter who they are - kind girls from the common people or spoiled society ladies - each character perfectly embodies a specific type of person. Cunning or industrious, selfish or generous - such as is a universal example or such as should not be.

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Biography of Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault- a famous French storyteller, poet and critic of the era of classicism, a member of the French Academy since 1671, now known mainly as an author " Tales of Mother Goose».

Name Charles Perrault- one of the most popular names of storytellers in Russia, along with the names of Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, Hoffmann. The marvelous tales of Perrault from the collection of fairy tales by Mother Goose: "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", "Puss in Boots", "Boy with a Thumb", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Bluebeard" are famous in Russian music, ballets, films, theatrical performances, in painting and drawing dozens and hundreds of times.

Charles Perrault born January 12, 1628 in Paris, in a wealthy family of the judge of the Paris Parliament, Pierre Perrault, and was the youngest of his seven children (the twin brother Francois was born with him, who died after 6 months). Of his brothers, Claude Perrault was a famous architect, the author of the east facade of the Louvre (1665-1680).

The boy's family was concerned about the education of their children, and at the age of eight, Charles was sent to Beauvais College. As historian Philippe Aries notes, the school biography of Charles Perrault is the biography of a typical excellent student. During the training, neither he nor his brothers were ever beaten with rods - an exceptional case at that time. Charles Perrault dropped out of college before finishing his studies.

After college Charles Perrault takes private law lessons for three years and eventually earns a law degree. He bought a lawyer's license, but soon left this position and went as a clerk to his brother, the architect Claude Perrault.

He enjoyed the confidence of Jean Colbert, in the 1660s he largely determined the policy of the court of Louis XIV in the field of arts. Thanks to Colbert, Charles Perrault in 1663 was appointed secretary of the newly formed Academy of inscriptions and belles-lettres. Perrault was also the general controller of the surintendentship of the royal buildings. After the death of his patron (1683), he fell into disfavor and lost the pension paid to him as a writer, and in 1695 lost his position as secretary.

1653 - first work Charles Perrault- a parody poem "The Wall of Troy, or the Origin of Burlesque" (Les murs de Troue ou l'Origine du burlesque).

1687 - Charles Perrault reads his didactic poem "The Age of Louis the Great" (Le Siecle de Louis le Grand) at the French Academy, which marked the beginning of a long-term "dispute about the ancient and the new", in which Nicolas Boileau becomes Perrault's most violent opponent. Perrault opposes imitation and long-established worship of antiquity, arguing that the contemporaries, the "new", surpassed the "ancients" in literature and in the sciences, and that this is proved literary history France and recent scientific discoveries.

1691 – Charles Perrault for the first time in the genre fairy tales and writes "Griselda" (Griselde). This is a poetic adaptation of Boccaccio's short story, which completes the Decameron (the 10th novella of the 10th day). In it, Perrault does not break with the principle of plausibility, there is no magical fantasy here yet, just as there is no national flavor. folklore tradition. The tale has a salon-aristocratic character.

1694 - the satire "Apology of Women" (Apologie des femmes) and a poetic story in the form of medieval fablios "Amusing Desires". At the same time, the fairy tale "Donkey Skin" (Peau d'ane) was written. It is still written in verse, in the spirit of poetic short stories, but its plot is already taken from a folk tale, which was then widespread in France. Although there is nothing fantastic in the fairy tale, fairies appear in it, which violates the classic principle of plausibility.

1695 - issuing his fairy tales, Charles Perrault in the preface he writes that his tales are higher than the ancient ones, because, unlike the latter, they contain moral instructions.

1696 - The magazine "Gallant Mercury" anonymously published the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty", for the first time fully embodying the features of a new type of fairy tale. It is written in prose, accompanied by a verse moralizing. The prose part can be addressed to children, the poetic part - only to adults, and the moral lessons are not devoid of playfulness and irony. In the fairy tale, fantasy turns from a secondary element into a leading one, which is already noted in the title (La Bella au bois dormant, the exact translation is “Beauty in the Sleeping Forest”).

Perrault's literary activity comes at a time when a fashion for fairy tales appears in high society. Reading and listening to fairy tales is becoming one of the common hobbies of secular society, comparable only to the reading of detective stories by our contemporaries. Some prefer to listen to philosophical tales, others pay tribute to the old tales, which have come down in the retelling of grandmothers and nannies. Writers, trying to satisfy these requests, write down fairy tales, processing the plots familiar to them from childhood, and the oral fairy tale tradition gradually begins to turn into a written one.

1697 - a collection of fairy tales " Mother Goose Tales, or Stories and tales of bygone times with moral teachings ”(Contes de ma mere Oye, ou Histores et contesdu temps passe avec des moralites). The collection contained 9 fairy tales, which were a literary processing of folk tales (it is believed that they heard from the nurse of Perrault's son) - except for one ("Riquet-tuft"), composed by Charles Perrault himself. This book widely glorified Perrault beyond literary circle. Actually Charles Perrault introduced folk tale into the system of genres of "high" literature.

However, Perrault did not dare to publish the tales under his own name, and the book he published contained the name of his eighteen-year-old son, P. Darmancourt. He was afraid that with all the love for "fabulous" entertainment, writing fairy tales would be perceived as a frivolous occupation, casting a shadow on the authority of a serious writer with its frivolity.

It turns out that in philological science there is still no exact answer to the elementary question: who wrote the famous fairy tales?

The fact is that when the book of fairy tales of Mother Goose was first published, and it happened in Paris on October 28, 1696, a certain Pierre D Armancourt was designated as the author of the book in the dedication.

However, in Paris they quickly learned the truth. Under the magnificent pseudonym D Armancourt, none other than the youngest and beloved son of Charles Perrault, nineteen-year-old Pierre was hiding. For a long time it was believed that the writer father went to this trick only in order to introduce the young man into elite, specifically in the circle of the young Princess of Orleans, niece of King Louis the Sun. After all, this book was dedicated to her. But later it turned out that young Perrault, on the advice of his father, wrote down some folk tales, and there are documentary references to this fact.

In the end, the situation was completely confused by himself Charles Perrault.

Shortly before his death, the writer wrote a memoir, where he described in detail all the more or less important things of his life: serving with Minister Colbert, editing the first General Dictionary French, poetic odes in honor of the king, translations of the fables of the Italian Faerno, a three-volume study on comparing ancient authors with new creators. But nowhere in own biography Perrault did not mention in a word about the authorship of the phenomenal tales of Mother Goose, about a unique masterpiece of world culture.

Meanwhile, he had every reason to put this book in the register of victories. The book of fairy tales was an unprecedented success among the Parisians in 1696, every day in the shop of Claude Barben sold 20-30, and sometimes 50 books a day! This - on the scale of one store - was not dreamed of today, probably even by the bestseller about Harry Potter.

During the year, the publisher repeated the circulation three times. It was unheard of. First France, then all of Europe fell in love with magic stories about Cinderella, her evil sisters and glass slipper, reread scary tale about the knight Bluebeard, who killed his wives, rooted for the suave Little Red Riding Hood, who was swallowed by an evil wolf. (Only in Russia did the translators correct the ending of the tale, in our country woodcutters kill the wolf, and in the French original the wolf ate both the grandmother and the granddaughter).

In fact, the tales of Mother Goose became the world's first book written for children. Before that, no one specifically wrote books for children. But then children's books went like an avalanche. The phenomenon of children's literature was born from Perrault's masterpiece!

Great merit Perrot in what he chose from the mass of folk fairy tales several stories and fixed their plot, which has not yet become final. He gave them a tone, a climate, a style characteristic of the 17th century, and yet very personal.

At the core Perrault's fairy tales- well-known folklore plots, which he outlined with his inherent talent and humor, omitting some details and adding new ones, "ennobling" the language. Most of all these fairy tales fit the kids. And it is Perrault that can be considered the founder of children's world literature and literary pedagogy.

"Tales" contributed to the democratization of literature and influenced the development of the world fairy tale tradition (brothers V. and J. Grimm, L. Tiek, G. H. Andersen). In Russian, Perrault's fairy tales were first published in Moscow in 1768 under the title "Tales of Sorceresses with Morales". The operas “Cinderella” by G. Rossini, “Duke Bluebeard’s Castle” by B. Bartok, the ballets “The Sleeping Beauty” by P. I. Tchaikovsky, “Cinderella” by S. S. Prokofiev and others were created on the plots of Perrault's fairy tales.

The fairy tales of Charles Perrault are known to all. They inspired many composers to create musical works. Directors and screenwriters also did not disregard the amazing tales of this author, and many wonderful films were created based on his works. Fairy tale characters Perraults come to life in amusement parks, on theater stages, in computer games and remain among the most beloved, like hundreds of years ago.

History of French fairy tales

In France XVII century Classicism was the dominant trend in art. Including in literature. The works of ancient authors were considered a role model. During the reign of King Louis XIV of France, the cult of antiquity flourished in art.

Mythological plots and heroes of ancient stories prevailed in the work of painters and poets. They glorified the triumph of reason and duty over feelings and, of course, glorified the power of the monarch, supposedly uniting all the forces of the nation. Soon the interests of the bourgeoisie came into conflict with the interests of the monarch invested with power, and opposition sentiments intensified throughout France.

The mood of society, of course, was reflected in art. Among French writers, a dispute ensued about the superiority of ancient and modern authors. A few opponents of classicism argued that it was possible to write beautiful works without imitating ancient authors. In addition, the new authors surpass the ancient ones already by the fact that they have the best knowledge and outlook.

Among the initiators of this historic debate about the need for change was Charles Perrault, a royal official and member of the French Academy. In his work Comparison of Ancient and New Authors, he urged authors to display modern life, draw images and plots from surrounding reality and not from ancient literature.

about the author

Charles Perrault was known primarily as a poet and publicist, one of the founders of the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Painting. Even writing fairy tales for children, he remained a moralist and used his works for learning and personal development. But before listing the works, including the list of fairy tales by Charles Perrault, I would like to acquaint readers with the writer's life story.

Charles Perrault was born on 01/12/1628 in the family of a judge. His parents were preoccupied with the education of their children and at the age of eight the boy was sent to college, like his brothers. All of them studied well and were never punished with rods, which is absolutely not typical for that time. While still in college, Charles was engaged in literary studies, but after disagreements with his teacher, he decided to leave his studies.

He studied biblical texts, the works of the Church Fathers and secular writers, the history of France and was engaged in translations. At the same time, Charles attended law classes and soon became a certified lawyer. Having bought a license, Perrault has been a lawyer for some time. But he quickly gets tired of it. Charles decided to gain a foothold at court and, leaving the practice of law, he got a job as a clerk to his brother, who held the position of chief tax collector.

In 1663, Charles took the position of secretary at the Academy of Inscriptions and served under the leadership of Jean Colbert, the Minister of Finance of France. Charles Perrault also worked as Comptroller of the Inspectorate for Royal Buildings. Master of all trades, Perrault was directly involved in the creation of Versailles, he also wrote the first guide to the labyrinth of the Versailles gardens.

A rather prolific writer, Charles wrote both light poetry, such as the gallant "Dialogue of Love and Friendship", and "impressive" works on the theme of architecture. Many of his works are forgotten, although they represent a rather extensive list. But forever entered the history of literature and, in addition, brought its author worldwide fame a small list of fairy tales by Charles Perrault.

Founder of the fairy tale genre

Perrault, in order to prove the correctness of his words, decided own example show that morality can also be extracted from plots that display folk life and modern life. He took up the processing of folk tales, which at that time were not considered at all as a separate literary genre. As a result, Charles Perrault published fairy tales in 1697. The list in alphabetical order of the works included in the first collection "Tales of Mother Goose" looks like this:

"Cinderella";
"Puss in Boots";
"Red Riding Hood";
"Boy-with-finger";
"Rike with a tuft";
"Blue Beard";
"Sleeping Beauty";
"Fairies".

The fairy tale "Rika with a tuft" belongs to the pen of the author himself. Seven other works in the collection represent folk tales he heard from his son's wet nurse. The writer ennobled the famous folk stories with his characteristic humor and talent. I omitted some details, added new ones. And fairy tales, cut by the great master, became widely known outside the literary circle.

The works were instructive in nature, which the author also noted in the title of the collection - "Stories with moral instructions." Charles Perrault showed his compatriot writers that a folk tale, no worse than ancient works, can be instructive.

In secular society, a fashion for fairy tales appeared. Gradually, works by other authors began to appear - philosophical tales, old stories in modern presentation and fairy tales own composition. The following editions of the collection "Mother Goose" include three more fairy tales by Charles Perrault. The list in alphabetical order is short:

"Griselda";
"Donkey skin";
"Funny Desires"

Thanks to all this, an independent literary genre.

The list of fairy tales of Charles Perrault is not long, as a lawyer, academician and dignitary, he was afraid that such a frivolous occupation would cast a shadow on him. Therefore, he published the first collection, indicating the name of the eleven-year-old son of P. D'Armancourt. Nevertheless, the truth that the author of fairy tales is none other than Charles Perrault, Paris learned very quickly.

Author's works

In 1653, Charles Perrault published The Wall of Troy. In writing a parody poem, he relied on his many years of research. Perrault, like his brothers Claude and Pierre, defended the superiority of the new writers over the ancients. On the treatise Boileau "Poetic Art", he wrote the works "The Age of Louis the Great" and "Parallels of the ancient and new."

To prove his assertion that his contemporaries are no worse than ancient authors, he publishes an impressive volume of Famous People of France in the 17th century, where he collected biographies of famous historians, artists, poets, and scientists of the 17th century.

AT philosophical inquiry"Apology of a woman" the father tells his son about the need to get married. beautiful language the author talks about the virtue of a woman, about love, about serious and tender feelings, about mercy and compassion. In a word, he teaches his son to look for an ideal wife - a "pearl" in the sea of \u200b\u200blife. Other works of the author:

Portrait d "Iris ("Portrait of Iris", 1659);
Ode sur la paix ("Ode to the World", 1660);
Ode aux nouveaux convertis ("Ode to Converts", 1685);
La Création du Monde ("The Creation of the World", 1692).

In 1755, Charles wrote "Memoirs of my life", in which he spoke about the important milestones of his life: serving with Colbert, editing the first French vocabulary works dedicated to the king, translations, a three-volume book devoted to the comparison of ancient and modern authors. But he did not mention a word about the collection "Mother Goose", and it was this list of fairy tales by Charles Perrault that became a masterpiece of world culture.

What are his stories about?

The author's works written for children are very popular in all countries. Despite the somewhat French grace, the fairy tales of Charles Perrault have taken their rightful place in literature. Cheerful, entertaining, with a touch of folk poetry, they easily reveal the foundations of human morality. Children perceive these magical and wonderful stories much easier than moralizing conversations.

Charles Perrault perfectly showed by the example of his fairy tales that children are able to notice good and bad, good and evil. Amusing themselves with the beauty and prettiness of a fairy tale, they learn the necessary lessons. Undoubtedly, fairy tales leave room for the imagination, and children believe the miracles of a fairy tale. But, as soon as the time comes, they will learn to distinguish the imaginary from the real. And the lessons learned from the first books will stay with them forever.

The first collection in Russian

Perrault's "Magic Tales" were translated into Russian by the famous writer I. S. Turgenev and published in St. Petersburg in 1867. Turgenev worked on the translation for almost 2 years and, judging by his articles, was dissatisfied with its quality. But despite this, his translation has been considered one of the best for more than a hundred years. The illustrations by Gustav Doré made the first edition particularly charming.

Let's list the fairy tales of Charles Perrault once again. Full list their looks like this:

"Griselda" (1691);
"Cinderella" (1697);
Puss in Boots (1697);
Little Red Riding Hood (1697);
"Boy-with-a-finger" (1697);
"Donkey Skin" (1694);
"Riquet with a tuft" (1697);
"Bluebeard" (1697);
"Ridiculous Desires" (1693);
Sleeping Beauty (1696);
"Fairies" (1697).

The collection was a resounding success and was translated into many languages of the world. Based on fairy tales, many musical works, animated and feature films and even masterpieces of classical ballet.

The life of the famous storyteller Charles Perrault was born in 1628. The boy's family was concerned about the education of their children, and at the age of eight, Charles was sent to college. As historian Philippe Aries points out, Perrault's school biography is that of a typical straight-A student. During the training, neither he nor his brothers were ever beaten with rods, an exceptional case at that time. After college, Charles took private law lessons for three years and eventually received a law degree. At twenty-three, he returns to Paris and begins his career as a lawyer. Perrault's literary activity comes at a time when a fashion for fairy tales appears in high society. Reading and listening to fairy tales is becoming one of the common hobbies of secular society, comparable only to the reading of detective stories by our contemporaries. Some prefer to listen to philosophical tales, others pay tribute to the old tales, which have come down in the retelling of grandmothers and nannies. Writers, trying to satisfy these requests, write down fairy tales, processing the plots familiar to them from childhood, and the oral fairy tale tradition gradually begins to turn into a written one. However, Perrault did not dare to publish the tales under his own name, and the book he published contained the name of his eighteen-year-old son, P. Darmancourt. He was afraid that with all the love for "fabulous" entertainment, writing fairy tales would be perceived as a frivolous occupation, casting a shadow on the authority of a serious writer with its frivolity.

Creativity Charles Perrault wrote poetry: odes, poems, very numerous, solemn and long. Now few people remember them. But later he became especially famous as the head of the "new" party during the sensational dispute of the "ancient" and "new" in its time. The essence of this dispute was this. In the 17th century, the opinion still prevailed that the ancient writers, poets and scientists created the most perfect, the best works. The "new", that is, Perrault's contemporaries, can only imitate the ancients, all the same they are not able to create anything better. The main thing for a poet, playwright, scientist is the desire to be like the ancients. Perrault's main opponent, the poet Nicolas Boileau, even wrote a treatise "Poetic Art", in which he established "laws" on how to write each work, so that everything was exactly like the ancient writers. It was against this that the desperate debater Charles Perrault began to object.

To prove that his contemporaries are no worse, Perrault published a huge volume "Famous People of France of the 17th century", here he collected more than a hundred biographies of famous scientists, poets, historians, surgeons, artists. He wanted people not to sigh ah, the golden times of antiquity had passed, but on the contrary, they were proud of their century, their contemporaries. So Perrault would have remained in history only as the head of the "new" party, but ... But then the year 1696 came, and the tale "Sleeping Beauty" appeared in the magazine "Gallant Mercury" without a signature. And the following year, in Paris and at the same time in The Hague, the capital of Holland, the book "Tales of Mother Goose" was published. The book was small, with simple pictures. And suddenly an incredible success! Charles Perrault, of course, did not invent fairy tales himself, he remembered some from childhood, others he learned during his life, because when he sat down for fairy tales, he was already 65 years old. But he not only wrote them down, but he himself turned out to be an excellent storyteller. Like a real storyteller, he made them terribly modern. If you want to know what fashion was in 1697, read "Cinderella": the sisters, going to the ball, dress in the latest fashion. And the palace where Sleeping Beauty fell asleep. according to the description exactly Versailles! The same language is spoken by all people in fairy tales as they would speak in life: the woodcutter and his wife, the parents of the Boy with a finger speak like ordinary people, and princesses, as befits princesses. Remember, Sleeping Beauty exclaims when she sees the prince who woke her up: "Oh, it's you, prince? You kept yourself waiting!"

Author of the first children's book Do you know who wrote the very first children's book? Famous writer - storyteller Charles Perrot. Yes Yes! After all, before him, no one had ever written specifically for children! It all started in 1696, when the tale "Sleeping Beauty" appeared in the magazine "Gallant Mercury". Readers liked it so much that the next year its author decided to write a whole book called “Tales of my mother Goose, or Stories and tales of bygone times with teachings.” This author was Charles Perrault. He was then 68 years old. He was a famous writer, academician and member of the French Academy, as well as a royal official. Therefore, beingware of ridicule, Charles Perrault did not dare to put his name on the collection, and the book was published under the name of his son Pierre. But it so happened that it was this book, to which the author was embarrassed to give his name, that brought him worldwide fame.

Tales of Charles Perrault Perrault's great merit is that he chose several stories from the mass of folk tales and fixed their plot, which has not yet become final. He gave them a tone, a climate, a style characteristic of the 17th century, and yet very personal. Among the storytellers who "legalized" the fairy tale in serious literature, the very first and honorable place is given to the French writer Charles Perrault. Few of our contemporaries know that Perrault was a venerable poet of his time, an academician of the French Academy, and the author of famous scientific works. But world-wide fame and recognition from his descendants were brought to him not by his thick, serious books, but by beautiful fairy tales.

Notable works 1. The Walls of Troy, or the Origin of Burlesque" 1653 parodic poem first work 2. "The Age of Louis the Great", 1687 poem 3. "Tales of My Mother Goose, or Stories and Tales of Old Times with Instructions" "Sorceresses" 5. "Cinderella" » 6. Puss in Boots 7. Little Red Riding Hood - folk tale 8. Little Thumb - folk tale 9. Donkey skin 10. Sleeping Beauty 11. Rike-tuft 12. "Blue Beard".

Quiz based on the fairy tales of Charles Perrault (mathematical) How many sons did the miller have? How many months did the cat bear tribute to the king? How many times did the Ogre make his transformations? How many years did the enchanted princess have to sleep? How old was the princess when she fell asleep? How many sorceresses were invited to be godmothers to the princess? How many pure gold cases and cutlery were ordered for sorceresses? How many children did the lumberjack have? How many times has the woodcutter taken his children into the woods? How many daughters did the Cannibal have?

Questionnaire based on the fairy tales of Charles Perrault. What fairy tales of Charles Perrault do you know? Which of these fairy tales do you think is the most beautiful? Which of these stories do you think is the scariest? Which of the characters in Charles Perrault's fairy tales do you consider the most daring? …the kindest? … the most resourceful? What kind magic items from the fairy tales of Charles Perrault would you put in the "Fairytale Museum"? Have you met in the fairy tales of Charles Perrault incomprehensible words? If so, which ones? "Half a dozen" - how much is it? In what fairy tale is this number called? "Eleven and three quarters" - how many hours and minutes is it? What fairy tale tells about this time?

What was in Little Red Riding Hood's basket? A. Biscuits and a bottle of lemonade B. Pie and a pot of butter C. Pie and a pot of sour cream